How many doughuts will BobG eat in the KKC?

• Less than six.
• Six and stop.
• Six to nine.
• More than nine - less than a dozen.
• A dozen.
• Hurl.

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Tomorrow is the Krispy Kreme Challenge here in Raleigh -yes the one you’ve heard about and seen in ESPN.  You run approximately two miles from the belltower at NCSU to the Krispy Kreme on Peace Street, eat a dozen doughnuts and run back.  The challenge?  To finish in under and hour and with the doughnuts in your stomach and not on the side of the road.  Several of us did it last year and none of us made it past five doughnuts.  Acceptable behavior if you are a Casual Runner but not if you are a Challenger.  BobG ran this race last year and finished three doughnuts as a Casual Runner – this year he is swinging for the fences signing up as a Challenger and agreeing to finish the dozen.

The question isn’t whether or not Bob can run the distance – we all know he is more than capable of having an excellent running time.  The question is how many doughnuts will put him into submission?  Make you pick to the right and we’ll have video of his success or failure shortly after the race is completed.

We of course wish him the best of luck we just don’t think he can do four times the doughnuts he did last year.

Recently I have become enamored with Trader Joe’s.  Here are my top 10 T.J. favs.

1. BBQ Teriyaki Chicken – serve with veggies and organic brown rice.
2. Organic Brown Rice- this rice goes great with just about everything!
3. Mandarin Orange Chicken- I love this stuff!  It reminds me of the Crispy Honey Chicken at Pei Wei.  Thanks to Mae for the suggestion.
4. Pumpkin Waffle Mix – Very Yummy! We have breakfast for dinner sometime.
5. Sweet Potato Fries- AWESOME!
6. Soy Orange Carrots-   Great with gilled pineapple and chicken.
7. Fire Roasted Veggies- Great addition to any side dish.
8. Peppermint Jo Jo’s – Like Oreos only with a peppermint twist!  They only have them at Christmas time so get them before they get gone.
9. Pepper and Onion Mix- Great to use with Chicken Fajitas.
10. Dark Chocolate Covered Pomegranate Seeds- These are so yummy!

Hope you enjoy these good eats!

Just like mom used to make!

I hate the time change – I never know when to eat lunch. 11:00AM seems early – but by noon I am pretty hungry. I know there are real problems in the world. This one is mine right now.

Why did I post the video above? Obviously my hunger made me watch it after it came in on my RSS feed from LifeHacker (which as many of you know I am a fan of). Here is the original post from Food Wishes. This is a cool site that I am going to subscribe to their feed for as well because Pastrami Chicken Wings with Russian Dressing? I want to hear more about that. It would be really cool if they would send me a plate – I mean now that I know how to eat them I think it would be a huge success. As far as the technique of eating the wings…  I am planning to try that soon.  It actually looks like something that will work.  I’ll let you know. Ok – time for lunch.

Recently New Raleigh confirmed via Cameron Village’s website that a new restaurant named “Uncle Fatty’s Drive-In” is coming to the shopping center on Woodburn Road. We were at Cameron Village and happened to see the sign and decided to stop by and see if they were open. They weren’t but we did get to stop in and see the new place.

From what we can tell this is a 50′s style burger joint serving at the very least hamburgers and milkshakes (should have looked for a menu).  I imagine the fare will be similar to Cook-Out, Char Grill and Fat Daddies in a slightly more upscale environment.  (Cook-Out and Char Grill’s environments depends on how nice of car you have.)  The New Raleigh report gave it an early comparison to Arnold’s and while that may be true after seeing the inside I am more inclined to make a Mel’s comparison.  And yes – if you missed those two cultural references you likely need to find tofu and skip the burger.

You can’t tell much by looking at a partially completed restaurant and their still in the bubble wrap sign but if the attention to detail we’ve seen so far carries over to the food I think you should expect good things.  I think they said the doors were opening before the end of the month but the exact date escapes me.

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